Quote on Mourinho

I'd agree with this but then I'd also question what kind of stability fans think Mourinho will bring.

Does that stability include the playing of youth players?
Forming a definitive style of play?
Improving the clubs image?
Bringing the team prolonged success?
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mini, these are all legitimate questions, my own opinion as to the answers are precisely the reason I never thought Mourinho would be the right fit for Madrid, but we're different clubs and identities, each with our own (often ridiculous, in our case) expectations. Our clubs are also set within very different footballing cultures. What might be right for us might not be for you, and vice versa, and I'm no one to say what is right for Chelsea.

That said, though, I'm not sure it's the right time to try to answer those questions, because the short term situation probably creates too much interference on the long-term vision.


As an aside, imo the 3 points were extremely flattering for Stoke yesterday. I thought you carved out enough chances to get something from the game, but it looks like the confidence issues are still there. The pressure is on the players big time too, and that can play a decisive part at key moments.

The situation is what it is, it doesn't really matter at this stage who's to blame. Mourinho just has to make sure they all row in the same direction and deal with anyone on board who doesn't feel up to it.

If anyone's going to get us out of this mess it'll be Jose

And the song is a good one easily heard at away venues and can be belted out with passion. It has become the Chelsea rallying cry . If our rivals don't like it all the more reason to bring it on. its our version of the scouse wokk along. And if we have celery to throw do that too.

Jose's dad is in Hospital .

Even Roman aint that Cruel

comment by harlequinHebdo (U16981)
posted 33 minutes ago
itsonlyagame you talk a lot of sense amigo ,I agree with you, but supporting los Merengues has given you a head start !.
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Indeed.

comment by Superb (U6486)
posted 10 hours, 54 minutes ago
How many PL titles have we won without Jose though?

Just the one. Other supposedly top managers have tried and despite spending fortunes most have failed.

As a club we have almost no history of winning PL titles outside of Jose and I think that's what the vast majority of Chelsea fans appreciate and recognise, especially when they chant his name etc.
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"despite spending fortunes"

Which other manager has been given the level of backing Mourinho has?

This is the right answer regarding Jose and Chelsea;

Based on purely footballing reasons he should say. Last year he won the league AND the cup, so this year he gets at minimum the full season. Any less is stupid. Address the situation as it is come seasons end. But by all means review each game as it happens and use all information to make a decision at the best time possible. To many though, this would be sometime around March as that is when serious plans have to be made for the summer dealings.


HOWEVER, Jose's behaviour has brought Chelsea into disrepute. He has acted terribly and his representation of Chelsea football club has been the worst in modern times. He's made Mario Balotelli's behavior seem like minorly bad behaviour, and Chelsea's reputation has now been difined by Jose's. In short, he's made himself (and been allowed to) bigger than the club he manages. Chelsea are now an add on to the Jose Mourinho show. The club have become secondary. This is not (or it absolutely should not be) OK for Chelsea FC and it's supporters.

Jose Mourinho has done more than enough for ANYONE else to be sacked from their respective managerial position. The reason for his behaviour is irrelevant.

He has not been sack purely based on the fact that he is Jose Mourinho

He has been disgracful putting it mildly, and Chelsea's board have allowed his to be for their own reasons.


Personally, I am a sort of football purist. I believe that the game should always come first and the clubs are bigger than any individual.

And becauseof this I truly believe that Chelsea football club deserve better than Jose Mourinho. He is not good for the game in this country.

Batman , one thing you should learn , is that we don't give credence to posters who have no profile !.

I wish the supporters would stop singing about Mourinho. It's almost cult-like. They don't sing about players, just the manager
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That would be because Jose's the only person under any real pressure. Will Abramovich sell our key players to make a statement? No!!! Would he sack Jose to make a statement? Historically speaking yes!!!

People are so damn selective with their opinions. If as a fan base we were against Jose, it would of course be proof we're nothing but glory hunters who callously want to usher are greatest ever manager out the door on a whim.

It's something I've commented on to. When Jose is here he starts to become the definition of Chelsea football club. We win and it's down to Mourinho's expertise, it's a 'Mourinho masterclass'. We lose and it must be everyone other than Mourinho's fault.

i do that with Bets